On the night of Thursday, July 25, 2024, a rooftop art event in the 400 block of Occidental Avenue South in Seattle’s Pioneer Square turned deadly when gunfire erupted shortly before 9:30 p.m. Thirty-year-old Jose Luis Gutierrez Calles, a Hispanic male, was found with multiple gunshot wounds; officers and the Seattle Fire Department rendered aid but he was pronounced dead at the scene. A man on street level below was injured by a dislodged tile during the shooting; his injuries were not life-threatening.

The victim’s ex-wife said Gutierrez Calles was deeply involved in the graffiti community and suggested his death stemmed from a graffiti-related dispute. On July 29, 2024, the Seattle Police Department reported that a 30-year-old man turned himself in at the West Precinct, was interviewed by homicide detectives, and was booked into the King County Jail on misdemeanor gun charges described as related to the fatal shooting. The investigation is ongoing and no other suspects have been publicly identified.

Did anyone at the rooftop gathering or nearby see or record anything that could help investigators?